Northeast Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

Northeast Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

• Northeast Overview
• Northeast Hotels
• Northeast Attractions
• Northeast Feature Articles
• Northeast Adventure Trips
• Northeast Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Northeast

• Northeast Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Aerial Sports
  • Biking
  • Climbing
  • Hiking and Backpacking
  • Paddling
  • Skiing
• Beach Guide
  • Kiteboarding
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving
  • Surfing
  • Windsurfing
• Family Guide
• Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fishing
  • Nature
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In Northeast

• Berkshires, MA
  (117 mi.)
• Acadia National Park, ME
  (201 mi.)
• Baxter State Park, ME
  (82 mi.)
• Appalachian Trail, ME
  (90 mi.)
• Bear Mountain State Park, NY
  (111 mi.)
• Green Mountain National Forest, VT
  (119 mi.)
• Penobscot Bay, ME
  (171 mi.)
• White Mountain National Forest, NH
  (124 mi.)

Travel Guides In Northeast

• Martha's Vineyard, MA (73 mi.)
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Beach Guide
  • Family Guide
• Nantucket, MA (89 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Beach Guide
• Boston, MA
  • Beach Guide
  • Family Guide
• Berkshires, MA (117 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• New York City, NY (83 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Kennebunkport, ME (76 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Cape Cod, MA (67 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Beach Guide
• Lake George, NY (153 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Niagara Falls, ON (44 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Acadia National Park, ME (201 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Beach Guide

United States Hiking and Backpacking Subregions

• Mid-Atlantic
• Midwest
• Mountain West
• Northeast
• Pacific Coast
• Southeast
• Southwest

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Feature Articles
• Trip Ideas
• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Northeast Hiking and Backpacking Destinations

• Connecticut
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New York
• Vermont

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Acadia National Park		Hotels
Berkshires		Hotels
Baxter State Park		Hotels
Green Mountain National Forest		Hotels
Appalachian Trail		Hotels
Bear Mountain State Park		Hotels
Penobscot Bay		Hotels
White Mountain National Forest		Hotels

Feature Articles

• Getting Cozy in the Catskills
  From rustic B&Bs to soaring over the Hudson Valley, from sinful desserts to lazy wanders under autumn’s vibrant canopy, New York’s Catskills offer the romantic traveler a landscape customized to their amorous appetites.
• Time Out!: 5 Great USA Getaways
  outside
  Shore to Summit, Maine
• Trail Mix
  outside
  Three variations on pain-free wilderness trekking... hut-to-hut hiking, mule packing, and base camping.
• GORP - Adirondacks State Park, New York - Hiking - Northville-Placid Trail - Piseco to Wakely Dam
  gorp
• GORP - Adirondacks State Park, New York - Hiking Mt. Marcy
  gorp

Trip Ideas

• Backyard Playgrounds
  Boston
• Five Great Family Escapes
  100-Mile Wilderness Trail, Maine
• Play Around Lake Placid
  Best of New York
• Fall's Finest? Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont
  GORP's Top 10 Autumn Escapes: Fall's Best Forests
• Multisport Mayhem in Wrangell-St. Elias Nat'l Park and Prince William Sound
  

Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Day Hiking: A Packing List
  gorp
• Backpacking: A Packing List
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• GORP - Getting on Course - Learning Compass and Map Basics
  gorp
• A Trekking Primer
  

GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

• 
  Maine: Hiking Acadia
  Bike Riders
  from $2380, 6 days
  The heart of the Down East is Acadia National Park with rolling mountains, tranquil coves and white beaches. ...
  
• 
  Biking in Vermont: Stowe & the Northeast Kingdom
  Bike Vermont
  from $1080, 6 days
  This tour has it all! We begin in Stowe, a sophisticated Vermont village famed for its wondrous variety of shops and galleries. Then we explore...
  
• 
  Maine North Woods Hiker
  The World Outdoors
  from $2398, 6 days
  Blessed with an abundance of rugged, unspoiled coastline and easy-to-climb mountains, Maine is a vibrant patchwork of classic villages, colorful...
  
• 
  New England's Fall Foliage Hiker
  The World Outdoors
  from $2498, 6 days
  Revel in the color palette of New England's fall foliage as we explore the lofty mountains, babbling brooks, pastoral farms and quaint villages that...
  
• 
  Women's Adventures in Vermont - Hike the Long Trail
  Extreme Adventures Vermont
  from $975, 6 days
  Join us on Vermont's most breathtaking hiking trails. The views you will see will amaze you and the scenery is absolutely beautiful. You will hike...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.
• Women’s Running Gear Essentials
  outside
  
• The Goods: Hiking
  outside
  
• Waterproofing Innovations
  outside
  A new way to waterproof
• Mountain Sense
  outside
  Some helpful backcountry tips from mountaineering guru Conrad Anker

Fitness

• Adventure Never Felt So Good
  outside
  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
  outside
  

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Attractions

Chelsea Piers

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Hudson River, Piers 59-62
New York, New York 10011

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Billings Farm and Museum

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about 1/2 mile north of town on Rte. 12
5302 River Rd
Woodstock, Vermont

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Lake George Steamboat Company

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Steel Pier
Lake George, New York 12845

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Hotels

from: $179

Chelsea Hotel

Chelsea 23rd st
New York, NY 10011

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Lodge at Jackson Village

153 RT 16
Jackson, NH NH 03846

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Sound View Inn

58775 Rte. 48
Greenport , NY 11944

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